Wanfu Temple
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Wanfu Temple is a temple on Mount Huangbo
in Fujian
province, China
. It is famous as the original temple of Yinyuan Longqi, the temple's 33rd abbot and a Chan
master. He later travelled to Japan
with his disciple Muyan
to found the Japanese Ōbaku
school of Zen
.
Mampuku-ji
, head temple of the Ōbaku school, is named after this temple.
Mount Huangbo
Mount Huangbo is a mountain in Fuqing, Fujian province, China. It is famous for its temples, including:*Wanfu Temple...
in Fujian
Fujian
' , formerly romanised as Fukien or Huguing or Foukien, is a province on the southeast coast of mainland China. Fujian is bordered by Zhejiang to the north, Jiangxi to the west, and Guangdong to the south. Taiwan lies to the east, across the Taiwan Strait...
province, China
China
Chinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...
. It is famous as the original temple of Yinyuan Longqi, the temple's 33rd abbot and a Chan
Zen
Zen is a school of Mahāyāna Buddhism founded by the Buddhist monk Bodhidharma. The word Zen is from the Japanese pronunciation of the Chinese word Chán , which in turn is derived from the Sanskrit word dhyāna, which can be approximately translated as "meditation" or "meditative state."Zen...
master. He later travelled to Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
with his disciple Muyan
Muyan
Muyan was a Chinese Chan monk who followed his master Yinyuan Longqi to Japan in 1654....
to found the Japanese Ōbaku
Obaku (school of Buddhism)
The , is , one of three sects of Zen in Japanese Buddhism.-History:Often termed the third sect of Zen Buddhism in Japan, it was established in 1661 by a small faction of masters from China and their Japanese students at Manpuku-ji in Uji, Japan.Today Manpuku-ji serves as the Ōbaku's head temple,...
school of Zen
Zen
Zen is a school of Mahāyāna Buddhism founded by the Buddhist monk Bodhidharma. The word Zen is from the Japanese pronunciation of the Chinese word Chán , which in turn is derived from the Sanskrit word dhyāna, which can be approximately translated as "meditation" or "meditative state."Zen...
.
Mampuku-ji
Mampuku-ji
is a temple located in Uji, Kyoto. It is the head temple of the Japanese Ōbaku Zen sect, named after Wanfu Temple in Fujian, China. The mountain is likewise named after Mount Huangbo, where the Chinese temple is situated.-History:...
, head temple of the Ōbaku school, is named after this temple.